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From NOVA PBS Official. Go behind the scenes as NOVA visits the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, where scientists fire up the world’s largest digital camera for the first time. Equipped with an 8.4-meter mirror and a 3.2-billion-pixel camera—the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy—the Rubin Observatory is poised to revolutionize how we see…
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From NOVA PBS Official. Molasses barreled down the streets of Boston with such force that it knocked a building off its foundation, causing the upper floors to collapse onto the first story. Check out this related video from @GBHNews Curiosity Desk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1FnQmAsajc
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From NOVA PBS Official. Intrepid paleontologists discover dinosaurs that thrived in the Arctic’s cold and dark. (Aired January 19, 2022) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/43FFyvs | #novapbs A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers dinosaurs that thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise…
From NOVA PBS Official. An astonishing find could solve the mystery of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition. (Aired September 23, 2015) This program was originally broadcast in 2015. The HMS Terror was discovered by the Arctic Research Foundation in 2016. The ownership of both the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus was later transferred to Canada…
From NOVA PBS Official. Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of what they thought to be ninth-century Vikings. But for some reason, the radiocarbon dates of their bones, found by measuring a radioactive carbon isotope, appeared much older.
From NOVA PBS Official. You probably won’t win big playing the Lottery but your brain may want to keep trying. 💰 Listen to the "Scratch and Win" Podcast from GBH News: https://bit.ly/4mFakMe Scratch-off tickets are big money for state-run lotteries. Is it the promise of winning big that keeps players in the game? Or is…
From NOVA PBS Official. Researchers designed a test to see how well lemurs can compare quantities. 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y 🛍️ Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content…
From NOVA PBS Official. Sir David Attenborough explores a site with traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals. (Aired February 16, 2022) Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/4js2FhH | #novapbs Sir David Attenborough investigates a unique site in southern England where amateur fossil hunters uncovered giant mammoth bones and evidence of Neanderthals. A team of paleontologists and archaeologists soon…
From NOVA PBS Official. Airbags are designed for a single deployment, but real-world car crashes are rarely that simple. In a remote-controlled crash test, researchers uncover how airbags respond to repeated collisions. The test highlights the limitations of airbags in multi-impact scenarios. 📺 Watch the full episode, "Ultimate Crash Test: Impact": https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/ultimate-crash-test-impact/ 📰 Stay up…
From NOVA PBS Official. At first, scientists thought it was a gigantic marine reptile. 📰 Stay up to date on the latest science discoveries, full episodes, articles, videos, and more by signing up for NOVA’s newsletter here: https://to.pbs.org/4brCC7Y 🛍️ Shop official NOVA 50th anniversary merch: https://nova-shop.org/ Follow on social for more NOVA content Twitter: https://twitter.com/novapbs…
From NOVA PBS Official. Old ideas about lung function that have since been proven wrong still influence medical care today.